{"author_link":"\/author\/th3dz\/","author_name":"Th3dz","author_uid":"7478","comments":[{"author_name":"Zeshio","author_uid":"8891","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 6:20am","epoch":1324275300,"text":"I got stuck on the level where you have to hit multiple air pipes. Landed on the spikes too much and gave up. It's tough!"},{"author_name":"Th3dz","author_uid":"7478","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 8:34am","epoch":1324283340,"text":"Try not to move to much in the air and it almost works automatically :)"},{"author_name":"Quimby","author_uid":"7849","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 2:21am","epoch":1324347360,"text":"4 stars across the board from me; Swap out the text that says &quot;Space&quot; for &quot;A&quot;, shrink the hitbox for the spikes to about 70% (of the height obviously), and slap this puppy up on XBLIG.\r<br\/>Very nice work for such a short amount of time; The only complaint I have is that it really needs checkpoints if you are going to have leaps of faith as it gets really annoying to have to restart the level all the time after cheap deaths.\r<br\/>Good luck in the comp :)"},{"author_name":"Th3dz","author_uid":"7478","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 7:49am","epoch":1324367040,"text":"Thanks Quimby!\r<br\/>I was actually going to have checkpoints but there wasn't enough time to implement."},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Dec 23, 2011 @ 12:01am","epoch":1324598160,"text":"I was also stuck on the multiple pipes level. Too bad ! Because I really wanted to know the end of the story, I liked the &quot;we are waiting for you&quot; style of dialogs :)"},{"author_name":"0x64","author_uid":"8151","time":"Dec 25, 2011 @ 1:15am","epoch":1324775400,"text":"Good entry.\r<br\/>Little bit too much of leap of faith and smaller collision rect :), but you know that already. Time well used"},{"author_name":"Hazard","author_uid":"7512","time":"Dec 29, 2011 @ 1:43am","epoch":1325122680,"text":"The music and overall mood are amazing. The collision rectangles need improvement. The leap of faith segments are a bit annoying and the hover-over-spikes-via-multiple-fans-after-an-annoying-jumping-segment part is game breaking for me."},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Dec 31, 2011 @ 11:50am","epoch":1325331900,"text":"Sorry,  couldn't seem to run it on my computer."},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"Jan 3, 2012 @ 12:18am","epoch":1325549580,"text":"The graphics were very good. I got a bit tired with the long levels and the &quot;josh, just go a little bit further&quot; eventually got boring. But as a platformer, this is a solid game. I liked the difficulty.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, is the moon supposed to be seen through the solid blocks?"},{"author_name":"Kelly Thomas","author_uid":"6664","time":"Jan 7, 2012 @ 2:24am","epoch":1325902740,"text":"Well done, very enjoyable.\r<br\/>btw I found that when landing on a block next to spikes I died sometimes, but not enough to ruin the fun."},{"author_name":"wbobeirne","author_uid":"5193","time":"Jan 9, 2012 @ 1:10am","epoch":1326071100,"text":"Awesome awesome awesome platformer. My only complaint is that the fan physics were not forgiving enough. 1 pixel would entirely change how far it launched you, which made some levels tough. The small resolution also made it very hard to see what lay beyond your narrow view. Aside from that, excellent game."}],"images":["ld22\/7478-96f10960ab983d6c008b0bfb9728230c.jpg","ld22\/7478-4573790de5032fa31ca8a755c4456079.jpg","ld22\/7478-06afa855038ee1490306120dbcd185f5.jpg","ld22\/7478-c699258bf3096454f2d6ad218dbededd.jpg","ld22\/7478-eeba8250e40048b43236bf2675a7e16c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/downloads\/Th3dz\/Ludum-Dare-48\/Josh%20The%20Fan-Tastic.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Th3dz\/Ludum-Dare-48","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"31519","g_author":"7478","g_event":"LD22","g_eventkey":"8","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"31549","g_title":"Josh The Fan-Tastic","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"290","g_commentcount":"11","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/7478-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/7478-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/7478-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/7478-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/7478-shot4.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Platform: Windows\r\nTechnology: XNA, C#\r\nResolution: 800x600 only\r\nRequirements: XNA 4.0\r\n\r\nVideo:http:\/\/youtu.be\/LW5uo67LXzE\r\nGame Name:Josh The Fan-Tastic\r\nType:Sidescroller\r\nDescription:Josh is alone in a strange place, his only goal is to make it out alive.\r\n\r\nIf you're having trouble installing please install XNA 4.0 redist before the game: http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/confirmation.aspx?id=20914<\/p>","title":"Josh The Fan-Tastic"}